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Disability Benefits

The McCuistion Program: National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Pamela Villarreal on McCuistion explains the growing challenges facing the Social Security disability program

Pete du Pont

The Beltway Stalemate

The Wall Street Journal: The debate about military action in Syria seems over for now, and Washington is back in campaign mode. We have a president who seems to have nothing but disdain for those who disagree with him, who forsakes no opportunity to attack congressional Republicans, and who is in full agreement with congressional Democrats that government is the key to creating jobs, prosperity and equality. We have Republicans who feel they cannot trust the president, are more dubious than ever of the government’s ability to make the right decisions, and who think such decisions belong instead with individuals, families and businesses. What we don’t have is much in the way of an incentive, or even a desire, to compromise.

Issue Briefs

Veterans and Higher Education

The post-September 11, 2001, GI Bill provides education benefits to veterans who serve at least 90 days on active duty. It covers up to 36 months of costs for even the most expensive public colleges in the country — such as the Universities of Pittsburgh, Vermont and New Hampshire — where tuition, books and living allowances average more than $17,500 a year. Eligible institutions include technical schools, traditional or community colleges, and flight schools.

Issue Briefs

An Economic and Policy Analysis of Medicaid Expansion in Virginia

In June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional those provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that deny federal matching funds for Medicaid to states that refuse to extend  eligibility to individuals and families with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). As a result, Virginia and other states now have the opportunity to compare the costs and benefits of expanding Medicaid eligibility.

Issue Briefs

An Economic and Policy Analysis of Medicaid Expansion in Ohio

In June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional those provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that deny federal matching funds for Medicaid to states that refuse to extend  eligibility to individuals and families with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). As a result, Ohio and other states now have the opportunity to compare the costs and benefits of expanding Medicaid eligibility.